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At that point, if the member is unable or unwilling to discharge the duty, that person generally submits a resignation in writing to the secretary or appointing power, and the chair assumes a motion that the resignation be accepted. Unlike the other requests and inquiries, this motion is debatable and amendable. [19]
The secretary of state administers the Texas Election Code and maintains public filings; the officeholder is the keeper of the Seal of the State of Texas. [8] The office also oversees business entity status in Texas, including processing reinstatements of forfeited or terminated entities. [ 9 ]
Jane Y. McCallum served as Secretary of State of Texas from 1927 to 1933, the longest term of office. The following is a list of secretaries of state of Texas for both the Republic of Texas and the State of Texas .
The subpoena from McCaul's committee, which has been investigating the deadly and chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan for years, comes as events surrounding the pullback become an increasingly ...
Courts usually have the power to subpoena witnesses only from within the jurisdiction of their own legislature unless they are aided by foreign judicial, or sometimes legislative, authority. For example, Alice in the United States , could not summon Jean from France to the US courthouse.
This spurred a legal conundrum between the state's criminal and civil courts, which ultimately led to the Texas Supreme Court temporarily ruling in Roberson's favor. Roberson, who was sentenced to death in 2003 for killing his 2-year-old daughter, Nikki Curtis.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) has scheduled a markup to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress, saying the secretary has failed to respond ...
Roberson was scheduled to die by lethal injection on Oct. 17 when lawmakers, in a last-ditch effort, issued a subpoena to have him testify at the Texas Capitol days after his planned execution. This spurred a legal conundrum between the state's criminal and civil courts, which ultimately led to the Texas Supreme Court temporarily ruling in ...